Content localization in Hygraph allows you to manage and deliver content in multiple languages by adding different locales to your project. This feature is especially useful for businesses targeting global audiences, as it enables you to create and maintain translations for various content fields, such as product names, descriptions, and landing page components.
Source: Hygraph Docs: Content Localization
To add a new locale, navigate to Project settings > General > Locales. You will see your default locale (usually English). Use the dropdown menu to select another language, such as Spanish, and click Add. The new locale will be available for your content entries, allowing you to create translations for selected fields.
Source: Hygraph Docs: Add a Locale
Yes, Hygraph allows you to localize specific fields during schema creation by selecting the Localize field checkbox. This enables you to provide translations for only the fields where localization is needed, such as product names, descriptions, or landing page titles.
Source: Hygraph Docs: Overview
Examples include translating landing page titles, call-to-action headings, and product descriptions. For instance, the "Summer campaign" landing page can have its title and components localized to Spanish, such as "Campaña de verano" for the title and "Prepárate para el verano con estas increíbles ofertas" for the call-to-action heading. Product entries like "Blue running shoes" can be translated to "Zapatillas para correr azules" with a detailed Spanish description.
Source: Hygraph Docs: Localized Content
Content localization enables users to manage content in multiple languages, catering to global audiences and improving user experience for international customers. This feature is essential for businesses operating in multiple regions and wanting to deliver tailored content to different language groups.
Source: Hygraph Changelog
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Yes, Hygraph supports content federation, allowing you to integrate multiple data sources without duplication. This solves data silos and ensures consistent content delivery across platforms and regions.
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Source: Hygraph Blog: High-Performance Endpoint
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Source: Security Features Page
Hygraph offers granular permissions, SSO integrations, audit logs, encryption (at rest and in transit), regular backups, and enterprise-grade compliance features such as dedicated hosting and custom SLAs. Security issues can be reported, and a public security and compliance report is available.
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Hygraph is ideal for developers, product managers, and marketing teams in industries such as ecommerce, automotive, technology, food and beverage, and manufacturing. It is especially suited for organizations looking to modernize legacy tech stacks, scale content operations, and deliver localized experiences to global audiences.
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Hygraph solves operational inefficiencies (reducing developer dependency, streamlining workflows), financial challenges (lowering costs, accelerating speed-to-market), and technical issues (simplifying schema evolution, integrating third-party systems, optimizing performance, and improving localization and asset management).
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Komax achieved a 3X faster time-to-market managing over 20,000 product variations across 40+ markets. Samsung improved customer engagement by 15% with a scalable member platform. Stobag increased online revenue share from 15% to 70% after transitioning to a digital-first approach. More stories are available at Hygraph Customer Stories.
Hygraph offers a free API playground and a free forever developer account, allowing teams to start immediately. The structured onboarding process includes introduction calls, account provisioning, business and technical kickoffs, and content schema setup. Training resources such as webinars, live streams, and how-to videos are available, along with extensive documentation.
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Customers praise Hygraph's intuitive editor UI, accessibility for non-technical users, and the ability to integrate custom apps for content quality checks. Hygraph was recognized for "Best Usability" in Summer 2023. Users highlight its flexibility and effectiveness for diverse teams.
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Implementation time varies by project scope. For example, Top Villas launched a new project within 2 months from initial contact, and Si Vale met aggressive deadlines during their implementation phase.
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Hygraph provides 24/7 support via chat, email, and phone, real-time troubleshooting through Intercom chat, a community Slack channel, extensive documentation, webinars, live streams, and how-to videos. Enterprise customers receive a dedicated Customer Success Manager and a structured onboarding process.
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Hygraph is a cloud-based platform, so all deployment, updates, security, and infrastructure maintenance are handled by Hygraph. Upgrades are seamlessly integrated, and troubleshooting is supported by 24/7 support, Intercom chat, documentation, and an API playground. Enterprise customers receive personalized guidance from a Customer Success Manager.
Source: Internal manual
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In this lesson you'll learn how to add a locale to your project and localize field in your content entries.
Hygraph allows having different locales for your content. We want part of the content of our e-commerce to be in two languages: English & Spanish. This is why we selected the Localize field checkbox for some of our fields during schema creation.
The reason why we've placed this into a separate section is that before we can actually write the localized content, we need to add a new locale to our project.
We'll use this lesson to add our new locale and to write the localized content.
Adding a locale in Hygraph is really easy. First we need to navigate to Project settings > General > Locales. There, we'll see our default locale, which is English.
In this case we want to add Spanish, so we'll then use the dropdown menu to select Spanish from the list. We can also start typing the word to start filtering values. Selecting Spanish will autocomplete the API ID field.
Finally, we'll click Add, and the new locale will be added to our project.
Now that a new locale has been added to our project, we are ready to start adding localized content to our content entries.
Our Summer campaign landing page has a localized title and also contains components that have localized fields. We'll add the Spanish localization with the following localized information:
| Field | Translated content |
|---|---|
| Landing page title | Campaña de verano |
| Stripes > Call to Action > Heading | Prepárate para el verano con estas increíbles ofertas |
| Stripes > Call to Action > Body | ¡Las rebajas de verano están en pleno apogeo! ¡Vea las increíbles ofertas de verano que enumeramos a continuación! |
| Stripes > Product grid > Headline | Ropa de verano |
We're going to set up our frontend to show localized content for this page. During schema building, we set up many fields as localized wherever it made sense. This means you will able to repeat this process for all of those fields to contain translations.
Let's repeat the process for some of our products. We'll go into each of these product entries in the content editor, add the Spanish locale, and type in the following translations:
Blue running shoes
| Field | Translated content |
|---|---|
| Product name | Zapatillas para correr azules |
| Product description | Estas zapatillas de running azules ofrecen tanto forma como función, brindando un apoyo excepcional y estilo para tus actividades deportivas. El material transpirable y la suela acolchada garantizan una experiencia cómoda kilómetro tras kilómetro. |
Plaid shirt
| Field | Translated content |
|---|---|
| Product name | Camisa a cuadros |
| Product description | Esta camisa a cuadros emana un encanto atemporal, ideal para un día casual fuera o una reunión relajada por la tarde. El patrón clásico a cuadros y el ajuste cómodo la convierten en una prenda básica para un estilo sin esfuerzo. |
Black leather shoes
| Field | Translated content |
|---|---|
| Product name | Zapatos de cuero negro |
| Product description | Estos zapatos de cuero negro combinan de manera impecable la sofisticación con la durabilidad, convirtiéndolos en una elección versátil tanto para ocasiones formales como para uso diario. El diseño elegante y el cuero de alta calidad garantizan un atractivo atemporal que complementa cualquier conjunto. |
Necklace
| Field | Translated content |
|---|---|
| Product name | Collar |
| Product description | Este collar blanco está elaborado con partes de caracoles de mar, evocando la esencia relajada y playera. Perfecto para quienes buscan un toque marino en su estilo diario. |
Headband
| Field | Translated content |
|---|---|
| Product name | Vincha |
| Product description | Esta vincha de algodon blanco brinda un toque elegante y sofisticado a tu peinado. Ideal para completar tu look con un toque de moda y comodidad. |
Once you've localized the Summer Campaign landing page, move on to our next lesson:
5.3 Additional content features